Examples:

¨She plays piano."

- An adverb of manner can be added to the verb (play) to modify its meaning and give us more information on how she plays piano.

Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.

Adverbs of manner are usually formed from adjectives by adding –ly:

but there are sometimes changes in spelling:

If an adjective ends in –ly we use the phrase in a …. way to express manner:

A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective: